Collection: SOPHIA TAILLET

SOPHIA TAILLET IS A FRENCH DESIGNER WITH A GRADUATE FROM THE ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS DE PARIS, ALSO TRAINED AT THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS IN NEW YORK. AT THE CROSSROADS OF ART AND DESIGN, HER WORK IS DISTINGUISHED BY A SENSITIVE EXPLORATION OF MATERIALS AS A VECTOR OF CREATION. IMMERSED IN THE HEART OF ARTISANS' WORKSHOPS, SHE CONDUCTS IN-DEPTH RESEARCH INTO TRADITIONAL SKILLS, IN A CONTEXT MARKED BY THE RAREFACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES. INSPIRED BY THE ARTISAN'S ACTIONS, SHE IMAGINES SCULPTURE-OBJECTS THAT REINVENT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MATERIALS. HER WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN RENOWNED INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE PALAIS DE TOKYO AND THE VERSAILLES ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE, AND HER VENUS LIGHT FIXTURE, MADE OF BLOWN GLASS, IS NOW PART OF THE OFFICIAL COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL FURNITURE. A WINNER OF THE NEW WORLDS PROGRAM, SHE WILL EXHIBIT IN 2022 AT THE FONDATION RICARDO TIME EROSION, A RESEARCH PROJECT COMBINING CHOREOGRAPHIC AND ARTISANAL GESTURES, QUESTIONING THE PLACE OF MOVEMENT IN DESIGN. IN 2024, SHE WILL PRESENT SPINNING AROUND AT PARIS DESIGN WEEK, THEN AT THE COLLECTIBLE FAIR. THIS COLLECTION OF METAL MIRRORS AND LIGHTING FIXTURES, THE RESULT OF A UNIQUE COLLABORATION BETWEEN A DANCER AND A CRAFTSMAN, CONVEYS LIGHTNESS THROUGH A CONTROLLED ROTARY MOVEMENT. THROUGH THIS BOLD REINTERPRETATION OF DESIGN CODES, SOPHIA TAILLET BREATHES A DIMENSION THAT IS BOTH POETIC AND AERIAL INTO EVERYDAY OBJECTS, REINVENTING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH SPACE AND MOVEMENT.